The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-01-29

Tho leading dentist Of st. Petersburg is an
American
"A proufpent undertaken at Reno, Nov, is
Coffin G. BlGr,
a sp2niard has turned the whole Bible into
poetry, 200 O0O Stuii2as,
-There is said to he only one female from
bone player IN this country,
--Soeretury. Manhng is said to be the most ac-
cessible member Of MI. Cloycland's Cabinet.
in Nurcyu Leon, Mexico n woman recently
gave birth to five children, fTcc boys and two
girls.
An artesian well at st. Augustine. Fla.
throws up 100000 gallons of sulphur water
daily.
Mrs. Nellie Grant sartoris will snepd the
York City,
The city Of Milan had monument rcady to
erect 70 MAJ olccn H. In 1873, lhgs jlst decided
to put II up.
Austin Coruin has one daughter who VIII in
herit his fortune, She has Just graduated from
Partisan sshOol.
-,Barnum has offered John L, Sullivan el5 900
10 1Oin his fortunes lIaXt Summer with the great
est show on earth.
Mr. Blaine is nnn0inccd TO make n speech
on WashingtOn's birthday before the Republican
Club of Detroit, Mich
Colonel Noah T., Smith, Of Iaconia, N H.,
Mexico. is critically Ill.
Thirty thousand dollars has heen converted
into per cents for Mrs, Logan, which win in
themselves give an income Of $4,000.
;, "A wonderful gold mine has, been> discovered
~ sonora, Mexico The miners Sut lure metal,
by breaking the quartz with hammers
Tie longest span of wire in the world is used
fora telegraph In India over the river Kistuah
II islnorc THAN 5000 feet in LENGTH and IS l2,DOO
feet high f.'
The medical colleges of the Untsj1 States
have graduated over $1,000 physicians during the
past nGnc years, and the present rate isabOut 1900
per anfuln
Tborn ora 20 mn o,,orott,,,, ,,,,,r ~ H. .i,
shlrt, collar and cuff trade In Troy, y. Y, and
tue amount Of their wages for year amounts4o
nearly SI,O00,0O0.
"A man who imagined himself atclcphHne.
and who has been trying for y year to shout
"hello!' in his own ear, has been sent to an asy-
lum at Flatbush, J.. l.
"A wild lGAr was killed IN Rice Creek Swamp,
near Palatkc, Fla, few days ago The hdg
weighed m6reihai 500 pounds, and the tusl;s six,
were QabOut seven lnclDs long.
There is q Cog at Magog, Quebec, that will
mount i1, n ne & tooceean aedgo down the sidedraw
as his owner commands him.
"A large eaee of ice, cut from the Illinois
River near OttasiEr contained the body of II man
trozeh IN the middle of It, The dead man was
Joseph johnson, of Peru, Ill.
.-JofSlin M:ii r writes: "The Pr sid mt Is
plain, but Mrs. Cleveland is certainly not only
the most beautiful woman we ever had in the
White House, but one of the most beautiful ever
-Ipcluditft new editions. there werp .puh-
lished in Great Britain last year 755 works 81 ilc-
tion and GIG religious books, the novels exceed
ing in number the publications In any other
branch OF literature.
"A young man Of Montreal Is moon blind, and
cannot sec at all In the evening, He contracted
me blindness a few years ago by sleeping on the
deck OF ship In the full glare Of tropical moon
Such cases, while very rare, are not ypknQWil,
One Of the newest thipgs H. Ne&.. York is q
stenographer and d,tgps,wflter wh4 pays rent for
4 place IN tho Ieading'roonls and does work for
the patrons Of the hotels, The merchant from
afar can dictate his letters Just as he does at
home for small fee, The Ideals proving to be
quite popular.
ALFRED Tsnhsson has been EaghndA poet
laureate SINCE is5h Q longer period than the
honor was held BY any oi his predeSess9Is CP!ley
and Robert SOutllsy from .lsi3 to isls; all the
others, from Edmund epenser down, for much
shorter terms
zPocket warrneifs are a new device tof keep
Ing the hands warm, 4 warnNer Is !eoRpeSed OF
tin box an Inch in dlameteE and six inches
long. hQljing fuse Of slow burning material
which hiNrhs for more, than AN hour without
smoke nl gas. The WARMER is put IN pocket or
carried In Il muff.